Project Type: Gender Action Learning System (GALS)
Gender Action Learning System for Sustainability at Scale
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Organisations in India have used Gender Action Learning System (GALS) and Participatory Action Learning System (PALS) tools in India in workshops to develop tools or identify indicators to integrate into existing gender and/or livelihoods and/or micro-finance activities:: ANANDI Gujarat 2003 – 2005; Jamgoria Sevabrata West Bengal 2005: Hand in Hand Chennai 2006.
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Participatory Action Learning System was developed with the micro-finance NGO PASED (Port Sudan Association for Small Enterprise Development) under a project called LEAP (Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty). This was partly funded by Oxfam Novib as part of the WEMAN programme, and partly by PASED funds.
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Participatory Action Learning Tools were used in Pakistan as part of a series of gender training for Micro-Finance Institutions 2004-2006, funded by Aga Khan Foundation Canada and Pakistan. Organisations hosting trainings and using PALS in Pakistan included Kashf in Lahore, Sarhad Rural Support Programme in NorthWest Frontier Province, Punjab Rural Support Programme and Taraqee Foundation…
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In July 2014, the Fair Labour Association (FLA) published “Roles of Women in Nestle’s Supply Chain in the Ivory Coast”. Nestle committed to a pilot a methodology to develop and promote local women’s associations. The first GALS workshop was held in Zaranou in August 2015 with Fair Labour Association.
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The GALS process in Kyrgyzstan was introduced in 2016 funded by IFAD and implemented by CDA and UNWomen as part of the Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme of IFAD, UNWomen, FAO and World Food Programme. In 2024 USAID funded Empowerment Against Violence methodology with Kyrgyzstan Association of Women Judges.
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GALS@Scale and Happy Family Happy Coffee methodologies were implemented in Tanzania from 2013 – 2016 as part of the Coffee Partnership of Tanzania with champions in Vuasu Cooperative Union in Kilimanjaro District and champions from staff and farmer cooperatives of Tutunze and CMS in Mbinga District. The initiative was implemented by Hivos, co-funded by Hivos…